Driven by market trends, technological innovations and consequent new production solutions, the digital textile printing market is booming, with significant momentum emerging in the first half of 2023 adding enormous momentum to its development.

Continued growth in demand for DTF Digital Printers

Since the advent of DTF printing technology, its popularity has been on the rise. Do you think DTF transfers have reached the peak of their popularity? Absolutely not! We expect the popularity of DTF printing to continue to rise in 2023. Its perfect color reproduction and flexibility of application open up more options and possibilities for the traditional garment printing industry. More and more garment producers are seeing the convenience of DTF printing solutions and the potential high profitability behind them.
In the short term, it may not completely replace screen printing, heat transfer vinyl, and DTG printing solutions. But DTF prints have definite advantages in many ways. They offer garment producers the opportunity to print on virtually every fabric or substrate, without the limitations of artwork, and can therefore serve a wider range of customers. The digital transfer makes it possible to output images in high definition, with many colors and very fine detail. It can carry out full color, gradients, shading, intricate designs, and a variety of looks that we could not get before.
DTF technology has been around for many years and has previously been adopted by small businesses, SMEs, industiral printers and independent businesses. The machines provided are small desktop devices.

However, DTF has gained more prominence in the last year as high-volume production of DTF technology has opened up the market—particularly sportswear, custom workwear, and personalized clothing. The success of these new devices is directly attributable to recent innovations that enhance feel and durability and speed up product production - The success of these new devices is directly attributable to recent innovations that enhance feel and durability , to speed up product production. DTF offers printers a variable production process that is said to be less expensive and easier to use than DTG. This once again shows that the market is changing to a one-step inline printing solution.

The TXF150-75 is Mimaki's first DTF (direct-to-film) printer launched earlier this year. The TXF150-75 uses Mimaki technology, which overcomes the ink jetting and ink settling issues common to DTF printers on the market today. "Using genuine Mimaki thermal transfer pigment inks that have been ECO PASSPORT certified ensures skin-friendly printing with the highest image quality. Times are advancing, technology is advancing, and TEXTEK is also advancing. TEXTEK has launched 80cm powder shaker suitable for TXF150-75 DTF Printer! This unique combination ensures a highly reliable and stable DTF printing workflow.

The entry of DTF has the potential to upend the DTG market. DTF has made significant progress.

In the further development of DTF, a batch of new products began to emerge, such as DTF spot color ink with brighter colors, DTF fluorescent ink with neon effect, DTF coarse powder with higher adhesion for tooling printing, etc. Some manufacturers have already started testing these products. And the better part of 2023 lies in the innovation of the film. We have seen the emergence of many new products such as Glitter DTF Film, Reflective Color DTF Film, Golden DTF Film, Glitter gold film and DTF PET film. By changing different films, different printing effects can be achieved, and damage to the printer caused by changing ink can be avoided.

As can be seen from the above series of new developments, the advancement of DTF digital printing provides two dynamic development paths for the digital textile industry.
This trend shows that the digital printing industry is not simply standing still, but looking at every technical field, both subverting and constantly creating new applications, thereby generating new markets and unlimited business opportunities.

TEXTEK's business covers many countries around the world, including emerging markets and mature markets. We have a complete sales system and are committed to using our professional knowledge and first-class service to help customers improve their digital printing business.